Delivery of diabetes care in rural Ethiopia: An experience from Gondar

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Watkins, Peter ^a   Alemu, Shitaye ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037865369     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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